lactiferous
Americanadjective
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producing or secreting milk.
lactiferous glands.
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conveying milk or a milky fluid.
lactiferous ducts.
adjective
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producing, conveying, or secreting milk or a milky fluid
lactiferous ducts
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botany containing latex; laticiferous
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lactiferous
1665–75; < New Latin lactifer that bears milk ( see lacti-, -fer) + -ous
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At the time of birth, the baby has lactiferous ducts but no alveoli.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The mammary gland is composed of milk-transporting lactiferous ducts, which expand and branch extensively during pregnancy in response to estrogen, growth hormone, cortisol, and prolactin.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
During pregnancy, the body prepares for lactation by stimulating the growth and development of branching lactiferous ducts and alveoli lined with milk-secreting lactocytes, and by creating colostrum.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Once milk is made in the alveoli, stimulated myoepithelial cells that surround the alveoli contract to push the milk to the lactiferous sinuses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Man possesses the rudiments of the correlative sexual characters of woman, such as nipples without lactiferous glands, etc.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
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